In a June 23, 2010, file photo, crews work to clean up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washed ashore at Pensacola Beach in Florida. (Michael Spooneybarger)

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In a reversal, the Obama administration said today it will not pursue offshore drilling off the East Coast of the US and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. A senior administration said that because of the BP oil spill, the Interior Department will not propose any new oil drilling in waters off the East Coast for at least the next seven years.

President Obama's earlier plan—announced in March, three weeks before the April BP spill—would have authorized officials to explore potential for drilling from Delaware to central Florida, plus the northern waters of Alaska. The new plan allows potential drilling in Alaska, but officials said they will move cautiously before approving any leases.

Of course they won't, they'd rather people live off the government than enrich themselves.

syngemann

Dec 2, 2010 10:24 AM CST

*clicked hilarious because it is hilarious that good people think these bastards will change to an alternate, more viable fuel source*

matthew

Dec 2, 2010 7:01 AM CST

Sortly before the 2008 election when most of the poulation wanted us to drill and use our own resources, which is sinful in the eyes if libs (unless it is other countries), the dems for drilling. After the election: NOTHING. Shortly before the 2010 election, the drilling ban in the gulf was lifted. Now this. The "shellacking" they took last month could have been worse had they not lied through their teeth again.